THAT A THIRD POTENTIAL VICTIM HAS COME FORWARD. BACK TO YOU. A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL SAND HILL CRANES, BIG TALL STORK LIKE BIRDS ARE BACK ON THE ATTACK AT A MELBOURNE INTERSECTION. THE BIRDS ARE DEFENDING THEIR NESTING TERRITORY AND DEFENDING IT FROM PEOPLE'S CARS AND TRUCKS MOVING THE BIRDS NEST DIDN'T HELP. WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW HAS THE STORY NEW AT SIX. THE SAND HILL CRANE IS A VERY TERRITORIAL BIRD. IF YOU GET TOO CLOSE, HE'LL LET YOU KNOW. ALL THESE SCRATCH MARKS HERE, HE STOOD RIGHT HERE AND HE ATTACKED THE CAR. THE MALE CRANE TAKES ON A FORT FUSION HERE STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NASA AND EVANS. HE SEEMS TO DISLIKE THE SHINIEST CARS. HE WAS BAM BAM BAM. THIS ALL STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS PAIR HAD A NEST NEAR THE INTERSECTION. WHEN CARS STOPPED FOR THE RED LIGHT, THE MALE WILL GO RIGHT OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO CHASE AWAY THE INTRUDERS. SO FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICERS MOVED THE NEST BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK. THE BIRD AS I BANDONED THE NEST AND THE EGGS DIED BUT THE BIRDS CONTINUED TO DEFEND THEIR TERRITORY. I'M JUST EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED THAT SOMEBODY DOESN'T DO SOMETHING. I CAN GET THEM TO CROSS OVER TO THE BIG POND I WAS HOPING MAYBE THEY WOULD BOTH STAY. NOTHING HAS WORKED. WILD LIFE OFFICERS CHECK THE BIRDS EVERY DAY AND WILL DISCOURAGE THEM FROM BUILDING A NEW NEST. MEANTIME DRIVERS ARE CAUTIONED TO WATCH FOR ATTACKING CRANES. I THINK IT IS A LITTLE HUMOROUS.